Women in Green: Helping Women Navigate Green Career Pathways
Workshop Session III: Tuesday, May
4, 4:30 - 6:00 p.m.
Concentration: Education, Innovative Learning and Training
How we can work together to ensure that women have access to the emerging green jobs sector? U.S. Labor Secretary Hilda Solis believes this will be a key driver of America’s economic recovery and sustained economic stability. The speakers will discuss innovative green jobs training projects for women occurring around the country, best practices collected from roundtables nationwide, a publication designed to aid in increasing women’s access in the green jobs sector, and how to become more involved in increasing women’s participation in nontraditional jobs.
Presenters:
Joan
Kuriansky, Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW),
Executive Director
Susan Rees,
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), Federal Policy Director
Angela Schiano,
Wider Opportunities for Women (WOW), Family Economic Security Program Associate
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